Go Beyond Giving ~ Connect
Nothing beats seeing the need and meeting the people face to face. We regularly visit our charity partners in Australia, Asia and Africa and we love taking friends with us. Talk to us about coming along.
Overseas immersion trips are the best way to see the need and meet the people. If you haven’t been to a developing country before, it will really expand your horizons.
Varying in cost and length, we will take you to see who we are helping. You won’t come back the same.
Ask us about our upcoming trips – foundation@payton.com.au
- Northern Territory – 31st July – 7th August 2024.
- Thailand – 18th – 26th of September, 2024.
- Uganda – TBC 2025
- Philippines – February 2025
- Kenya – TBC
Use your Influence
You probably take it for granted that you have the ability to influence people in your networks (friends, family, colleagues, staff, clients, suppliers).
What doors are you able to open for charities that they can’t?
- make an introduction to the right person,
- negotiate a better deal on behalf of a charity,
- promote a charity fundraiser from your platform,
- add credibility to an application,
- ask suppliers to donate goods
These actions would cost you nothing but may be priceless to the charity.
Lend Your Expertise
Charities struggle to get skilled professionals to advise without having to pay them. Typical professions needed include:
- Legal
- Accounting/bookkeeping
- Medical practitioners (for health related charities)
- Marketing
- Social Media
- HR
- Policy writing
- Compliance
- IT specialists
- Project management
Volunteer Your Time
Your time is precious and can be precious to those you give it too. You can volunteer in your area of expertise, or step out and learn a new skill from them.
- Board roles
- Pro bono advisory
- Regular roster
- Occassional events
- Corporate days
- Hold a fundraiser
Relationships are more rewarding than money. Get to know the people you are helping.
Use your Resources
You may have an asset that you could allow a charity to use:
- office space, meeting rooms, hot desk
- event spaces
- storage facilities
- host a fundraiser on your boat
- provide a rental property at half rent
- transport
- IT infrastructure
- surplus furniture
How can we help?
We are in contact with charities on a daily basis and they are telling us what they need.
Talk to us about what you’d like to do and we’ll connect you with a charity who needs you.
Current needs?
The Babes Project needs:
- Nannas to volunteer once a fortnight to help facilitate a lunch session with young mums. Just come and share your parenting wisdom and hold babies
- Board members with influence who can raise funds from their personal or corporate networks
CHIPS needs:
- volunteers to help buddy up with children attending iBelong days and Life Gets Better Camps
Fusion needs:
- volunteers to help in the op-shop
- people to help maintain the MT Martha property on monthly working bees
Kids Hope needs:
- a Treasurer
Evolve Help Ukraine needs:
- volunteers to help with monthly community lunches
Fusion needs:
- housing at half rent. They will manage the tenants, they just need affordable homes for homeless people for short term leases
Real people.
Real stories.
What’s possible when we work together.